[LAU] lmms, qsynth, linuxsampler, others

[Paul Davis]

On Wed, Oct 14, 2009 at 6:57 PM, Jonathan E. Brickman
<jeb at joshuacorps.org> wrote:
>
> I have managed to
> find a free-of-charge Yamaha piano .gig for linuxsampler, which will do
> until I can find a good Steinway or Bosendorfer .gig, or an .sf2 host
> practical for dynamic live work (sorry, people, but MIDI routers do not make
> for on-the-fly changes in live work).
>
>
> PianoTeq: try it, you will probably like it. full JACK support.
> awesome application.
>
> --p
>
>
> I probably would.  But 249€ ?  LinuxSampler will do very nicely.

unfortunately, its not even close in terms of capabilities. PT is a
physically modelled synth. LS is a sample playback engine.
$249 is basically peanuts for what you are getting here. note that its
not just a piano - it has models for several other "percussive"
instruments too.

--p